Preview: CNN International Programme Information Weeks 26 & 27
Rugby Sevens Worldwide
- Christina Macfarlane hosts ‘Rugby Sevens Worldwide’ from Rio, Brazil
Sunday 29 June at 1745 BST/ 1845 CET
Duration: 30 minutes
This month, ‘Rugby Sevens Worldwide’ travels to Brazil to meet three legends of the game promoting Sevens ahead of its debut in the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Host Christina Macfarlane joins Waisele Serevi, Ben Gollings and Santiago Gomez Cora as they take rugby to the heart of Rio’s favelas where hundreds of kids take part in Rugby Sevens training programmes, to help grow the sport in a country dominated by soccer.
‘Rugby Sevens Worldwide’ also takes a look at how the development of Rio’s Sevens stadium is coming along, and follows three brothers with a burning passion for rugby and a dream to represent Brazil. Their surname is Paixao, which literally translates as ‘passion’ and the show discovers their passion first hand, as they show CNN cameras around their home in Rio.
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Leading Women
- This month, ‘Leading Women’ features two powerful women in the fashion industry, Tory Burch and Diane von Furstenberg
Duration: 15 minutes
‘Leading Women’ on CNN features women at the top of their field, and this month profiles two powerful women in the fashion industry: Tory Burch and Diane von Furstenberg.
Tory Burch is CEO and designer of Tory Burch, an American lifestyle brand which has grown into a global business with more than 120 freestanding stores and a presence in over 3,000 department and specialty stores.
Tory started out in public relations and marketing, working for some of the most influential American designers, including Ralph Lauren and Vera Wang, launching Tory Burch in 2004.
She has been recognised as one of Forbes’s Most Powerful Women in the World and is a dedicated philanthropist, having launched the Tory Burch Foundation in 2009 to support the economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs and their families in the U.S.
Diane von Furstenberg achieved prominence in the fashion world when she created the wrap dress in 1974, which came to symbolise power and independence for an entire generation of women. Her company has since grown to become the global luxury lifestyle brand that it is today.
In 2005, von Furstenberg received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and has acted as the CFDA’s president since 2006. In this significant role, she has helped establish the Design Piracy Prohibition Act, which protects designers from counterfeit reproductions of their work. She has also been named the Most Powerful Woman in Fashion by Forbes Magazine in 2012.
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Winning Post
- ‘Winning Post’ finds out what’s involved in the running of Royal Ascot, one of Europe’s most famous race meetings (Credit: Getty Images)
Saturday 28 June at 0830 BST/ 0930 CET and 2200 BST/ 2300 CET
Sunday 29 June at 1730 BST/ 1830 CET
Duration: 30 minutes ‘Winning Post’ in June covers two major horse racing events both sides of the English Channel: the Prix de Diane in Chantilly, France and Royal Ascot in England. Host Francesca Cumani meets the retiring CEO of Ascot, Charles Barnett, to discover what’s involved in the running of a world famous race course. She also joins the commentary box with the legendary announcer Mark Johnson to learn about the art of race calling and attends the main events at Ascot – one of Europe’s most famous race meetings.In France, Cumani speaks with the Aga Khan, the 46th Imam of the Nizari Ismailis about why he’s invested millions of dollars in horse racing in Chantilly. She also talks to the world’s leading female race horse trainer, Christiane ‘Criquette’ Head-Maarek, who won the prestigious Prix de Diane with horse Treve last year.
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Social Spot Kick
- Christian Karembeu answers questions from CNN’s audience in ‘Social Spot Kick’
As part of CNN International’s interactive multimedia coverage of the 2014 World Cup, a new Q&A segment, ‘Social Spot Kick’, features two current World Cup players each week during the tournament.
The football stars give quick-fire answers to questions generated by CNN’s social media accounts, about what it means to represent their country at the World Cup.
Wednesday 25 June: Clint Dempsey – captain of the United States National Team who plays for Seattle Sounders FC.
Saturday 28 June: Rui Patricio – goalkeeper for Sporting Clube de Portugal.
Wednesday 2 July: Christian Karembeu – former professional French football player who is currently the strategic adviser for Olympiacos FC.
Saturday 5 July: Daniele De Rossi – Italian football player who plays for Serie A club A.S. Roma and was part of the winning team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
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Inside the Middle East
- Hala Gorani hosts ‘Inside the Middle East’ from Beirut, Lebanon
Sunday 6 July at 1330 BST/ 1430 CET
Duration: 30 minutes Hala Gorani hosts ‘Inside the Middle East’ in July from Beirut, Lebanon.The programme meets Kamal Mouzawak, founder of Lebanon’s first farmers’ market and restaurateur, who is using food to empower Syrian refugee women now living in Lebanon. Last year, he created Atayab Zaman, ‘The Delicious Past’, a culinary training programme to help perfect their skills in the kitchen. Gorani meets Syrian women at the school and in their homes, seeing how food is helping these women to remember happier times from their homeland.
Gorani also meets some of the nearly 200 Syrian refugee families who have taken over an abandoned shopping mall in northern Lebanon, and have turned it into a thriving village.
‘Inside the Middle East’ chats to the band Tanjaret Dahget, or ‘Pressure Pot’, a trio of Syrian alt-rockers living in Lebanon who are hoping to make rock music mainstream in the Middle East. They are gaining popularity in the region, and not just for music. Many see the group as a symbol of religious tolerance: one member is Christian, one Alawite, and the other Sunni.
The programme also follows Hafez Nazeri’s Rumi Symphony Project on a mission to put Persian music on the global stage, in the midst of a multi country tour to promote Nazeri’s album “Untold.” More than four years in the making, it is the first ever Persian classical album to hit number one on the billboard classical chart.
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